Attachments for tasks

A lot of services are beginning to offer the ability to attach files to tasks, folders, etc. Such as relevant documents or pictures.

I'd more than willing to pay a fair subscription for this ability.

What say ye?

Posted at 2:22am on April 14, 2007

hourback says:

I yearn for attachment capability.

Posted 10 years ago

laisan says:

I'd like to vote for this feature if it will help to speed up it's development.

Posted 10 years ago

mabla says:

take evernote!

Posted 6 years ago

manveru says:

I think this would be a great feature. Attaching relevant files to tasks would be very helpful. To offset costs, it could easily be a pro only feature.

Posted 6 years ago

shaun.deans says:

One way the cost factor could be alleviated is to integrate with an external "Cloud" storage site like drop box. The attachment could be stored in the Cloud with only the meta data being stored against the task. Then when you hit the download option RTM throws you over to the cloud storage provide.

The RTM team then just need to write the code semi modular so that they can add different storage providers such as dropbox, amazon s3.

[ ps. Happy for the dev's to contact me for more info ;-) ]

Posted 6 years ago

xinhes says:

I wan't to be able to attach an URL to a Google Doc. Maybe a document I need to work on or a calc sheet that needs to be filled in.

Posted 6 years ago

brentholomule says:

I need to attach excel files and adobe files. Usually only 1 page long, but occasionally 2 or 3 pages.

Posted 6 years ago

auger says:

I "attach" documents by pasting the Google Docs URL in the notes field of a to-do. Works like a charm.

Posted 6 years ago

magnolie42 says:

i cannot wait to have this capability available. its one of the few things missing in Rtm

Posted 6 years ago

mats.kirknes says:

It is better to allow the user to connect his/her own cloud storage to RTM, rather than expand RTM to include such storage natively.

Just like shaun.deans propose

Posted 6 years ago

frankt72 says:

Good idea! Please do.

Posted 6 years ago

faye.gary says:

I think attachment of documents would be essential as the program grows and competes with other software. I have explored several other software packages and found the capacity to attach documents. The user friendly approach in RTM is very attractive. Thanks.Also, how do I save everything that I have completed? I need to data for reference and for accountability of work. Thanks again. Faye Gary

Posted 6 years ago

tryster says:

I currently do this by sharing a file/folder via sugarsync, but it would be much nicer if I could do it all via RTM.

Posted 6 years ago

pmthomson says:

I think it makes much more sense to integrate with an outside provider either Evernote or Dropbox for file storage using tags. I clip everything into evernote anyways and being able to access and see those items would be much more useful than having RTM become a massive does everything product.

Posted 6 years ago

blake28 says:

I forward a lot of emails from Outlook to my to-do list. It would be great if the attachments stayed with the task. That way I can delete my email as I know I have all the relevant info in my task.

Posted 6 years ago

xdhrvt says:

Same here - I also often take pictures of a paper note w/ my smartphone & send it by mail to myself in order to remember it in the future - and I really miss the ability to find it in RTM. Strong support from my side.

Posted 6 years ago

test.teste says:

Adding attachments should be added to RTM ASAP!

Posted 5 years ago

metaloop says:

Free cloud storage can easily be found elsewhere. Add URLs to your tasks and let's keep RTM lean and mean.

Posted 5 years ago

rayu99 says:

there are many times when a document or graphic would be helpful to document a task- more info then in a note. Attachments would provide this capability- I would accept limitations- like no more then 50 or 500 mb, what have you and as a pro feature only

Posted 5 years ago

drober01 says:

Being able to attach pictures and/or files would be a great help to "go paperless"

Posted 5 years ago

heathweaver says:

It should be able to link up with Dropbox, Google Docs, or others. You can put a link right now, but it would be great if there was a more integrated way to do that.

Posted 5 years ago

dacian.lontis says:

Totally for attachments !

Posted 5 years ago

hartl_vienna says:

No changes since April 14, 2007! Are you serious?

Posted 5 years ago

david.snigier says:

URLs are the answer here. Link to an item on your cloud provider elsewhere

Posted 5 years ago

jayr.magave says:

Well, i think it well be easier for evernote guys to implement calendaring than RTM to implement attachments. Well stick to EN.

Posted 5 years ago

henrikba says:

Agree with several posters; let's keep RTM clean and just add URIs to your attachments. Maybe even a evernote://doc could get some direct linking if supported by the OS?

Posted 5 years ago

sfabius says:

What is needed is an easy way to add the URL without going back and forth. So an add-on to a browser, for example, that opens a small window to create a new task with a link to the current url (kind of like the evernote clipper). When emailing, presumably one could simply include the url on the appropriate line.

Posted 5 years ago

hansekaiser says:

Evernote integration!!!!

Posted 5 years ago

martyrizzo says:

Being able to include attachments in emails would be a very useful feature to have. Please consider adding it as soon as possible.

Posted 5 years ago

aka178 says:

That would be useful

Posted 5 years ago

whsantos says:

+1 on attachments from emails. Given the way I work with Outlook, that would be great.

Posted 5 years ago

xavier.mangoen says:

+1 for attached file from task created by mails or added in outlook with any files

Posted 5 years ago

leo.asselman says:

This is also my wish. More evernote functionality in RTM like attachments

Posted 4 years ago

hdinapoli says:

It would be very useful to be able to place more than one tag to each task

Posted 4 years ago

marc.vetter says:

it should not be that RTM is getting a second dropbox, but just some space (limits per attachement and overall) are nice...

Posted 4 years ago

macdonaldster says:

I would love to be able to attach photos and document scans to tasks.

Posted 4 years ago

henrik.gardishyan says:

attachments would make this service almost brilliant

Posted 4 years ago

brett_mumaw says:

+1 for attachments.

Use s notes on my galaxy note 2. I can't export them via url. Sure, I could export them as a pdf to evernote or dropbox and then add the url to my task, but who has time for that?

Please please please add the ability to add attachments!

Posted 4 years ago

baysailor says:

Come on guys, that is the last (and very important) pice of the productivity puzzle! Wea ll see it a added value and would pay an opt in fee.

Posted 4 years ago

vleseg says:

I can't see a point here.I'd rather have an ability to assign multiple URL's to one task with one always reserved for links to outer cloud storages.I can understand this longing desire for innovations, that any user of any web-service possesses these times, but - please- be reasonable.RTM's power, above all, is it's simplicity, abstractedness and, therefore, flexibility.Let it stay that way.

Posted 4 years ago

caseycs says:

I also vote for attachments, it will be very useful!

Posted 4 years ago

halexis says:

Is it possible then to put a link in the url-field (or the notes) to a particular photo from my Dropbox account ?

Posted 4 years ago

relevart says:

I don't think it's needed. It would bring too much complication. A simple dropbox link is enough in my opinion.

Posted 4 years ago

eucatastrophe1 says:

What about the proposal from a vendor that I have in my email box -- which I will review next week (and may simply discard). I think it's important to be able to forward the email to a task manager where it can be organized and planned outside of email.

Posted 3 years ago

cmklar says:

please...

Dropbox?? why upload file, just because i need to link to it from RTM?why not just attach, an image, a pdf, an .eml file, go figure what else...

Posted 2 years ago

davebower says:

Need to attach attachments!

Posted 2 years ago

sigphyl says:

Yes, to attachments & photos! Yes to being able, then, to copy the attachment or photo to more than one tag or vice versa, to tag more than one time. Then to search the attachments independently by tags or by their original items. Also great: to be able to email or print just the attachments or photos or along with their original tasks or note. (And of course, to be able to email or print the original task without the attachment if one wishes.) Would gladly pay for the enhanced capabilities.

Posted 2 years ago

bondar.as15 says:

+1

Posted 2 years ago

chikletch says:

+1

Posted 2 years ago

limamedeiros says:

+1

Posted 2 years ago

luiscu says:

I'd like a feature that allows to create a task in RTM with a file "attached" seamlessly:

1. Create the task as usual

2. Click on "attach" a file (upload a file o from URL)

3. The application "attach" the file not by storing the file in RTM but in dropbox and creating the link RTM-DB automatically

Posted 1 year ago

ben.palantir says:

+1

Posted 1 year ago

istjgeek says:

I'm amazed this still hasn't been added. Will prevent my renewal. Toodledo has had this for years.

Posted 1 year ago

zeniten says:

+1

Posted 1 year ago

jessicahawk says:

+1

Posted 1 year ago

jonrouston2 says:

I take it that after 8 years this is unlikely to happen, but it breaks RTM for me. I came here for better email of tasks and therefore easier task management from outlook, but if it doesn't bring the attachments with it, it makes at least three more steps (download to dropbox, generate link, add url to task)

Posted 1 year ago

carloscadu says:

+1As said before "there are many times when a document or graphic would be helpful to document a task- more info then in a note." Also, to count on third parties (Evernote, gDrive) to obtain/insert external links into RTM makes add task information much slower than it would be if attachments would be managed direct by RTM.

Posted 1 year ago

bhar says:

I am saying +1 for the feature, knowing the potential difficulties emerging from it (encryption, attack protection, storage space and so on). Anyhow for those with some PHP webspace at hand: maybe you can give Jirafeau a try (https://gitlab.com/mojo42/Jirafeau). It takes you three clicks to upload a file; for everyday stuff like spreadsheets, images, pdf, etc. quite suitable.

Posted 1 year ago

mikethrusters says:

+1

Nothing fancy, just want to attach a pic

Posted 1 year ago

pralston says:

Yup +1

Posted 1 year ago

devarni says:

For file attachments and notes I use Evernote... it's IMO better for such stuff and Evernote can be easily linked to RTM.I've used also Todoist with a premium subscription and Todoist has this features and I have rarely used it.

Anyway for $40 it should not be a problem to reserve some server space (or use a cloud provider) to allow attachments. With other todo apps this is working since a long time.

Posted 1 year ago

acance says:

So is this a feature that will be added later down the line? Todoist allows you to add attachments - we like to add spreadsheets or the actual procedure to a task for it to be completed.

Posted 1 year ago

ukgarethevans says:

I vote for linking capabilities to local or network files or folders. It seems like such a basic and useful feature I am surprised your product owner doesn't seem to care about it.

Posted 1 year ago

wellington.alves says:

This request was posted almost 10yrs ago and NOTHING?Come on RTM guys. Did you at least read this forum?

Posted 1 year ago

tjmurphy66 says:

Personally my company's IT folks block all "sharing" sites and this would probably push RTM over into that category, blocking me from using it at work so I voted no. They've already blocked various other sites like Trello and Todoist for these reasons.

Posted 1 year ago

twojaysfarm says:

Actually attaching files could cause problems with many corporate IT services, as they ban this sort of thing. It would be better to include links to some other storage service such as in Shaun Dean's proposal.

Posted 1 year ago

romain.boiteux says:

Attaching files is a necessary function, please add it !!!

Posted 1 year ago

sgrundman says:

Considering perhaps moving over to Nozbe for this reason. I think the RTM interface is much better, but I need my assistant to attach files to my tasks so that I don't have to go fishing when my task appointment arrives.

Posted 1 year ago

micheldm says:

Please consider implementing this.

Posted 11 months ago

dominic.spachmann says:

essential!

Posted 11 months ago

rstettler says:

Bitte implementiert die Möglichkeit

Posted 11 months ago

clintk says:

Would be a HUGE ++

Posted 11 months ago

dagbostar says:

I did seriously consider not coming back to RTM after the big rebuild (after using it when it was first released and then trying many others) b/c of the lack of attachments.

However, since I use Evernote all the time and it's easy to link to Evernote, I am able to cope. Actually it makes it easier and I keep attachments on the original email they come on, or in Evernote.

Having a third place to keep them has always been a confusing pain and RTM's lack removes one decision point for me.

would like rtm to identify urls, so that any url in task or note works with just click on it, so i can put more than one url into one task, describe it and use it as just click control to open url on browser or app...other solution, same result without expanding storage and time to up/download, synchronize etc

Posted 9 months ago

muwocad says:

1st - sorry about my englisch.Attachments for us are very helpful.I tested ToDoist Pro for a long time and I used wunderlist Pro a few month to organize the tasks of my developement team. In both Apps I can import attachments via drag and drop -> for example: from outlook an e-mail inclusive the e-mail-attachment. This is a very great function.Nevertheless I think about to change to Remember the milk because of a lot of other better functions.I have only 2 critical pionts: 1. Attachments and 2. I miss a function to send the selected List via e-mail (comparable the daily digest).I am very hopeful you will take this 2 functions into your developement plan.

Posted 9 months ago

kngrmd says:

need dropbox integration.

need a box in task list , when we choose the files, it should be uploaded to the dropbox and a url should present in the RTM. dot

Posted 8 months ago

dencold says:

My #1 request for RTM. It's been *NINE* years since this was initially suggested. It seems like every task management tool has support for this (Asana, Trello, etc.). Can we please get this as a feature for the app? Maybe start simple with the ability to at least attach an image, and then go on to other file types.

Posted 7 months ago

potts7 says:

Yes! When?

Posted 6 months ago

holst.uwe says:

Count me in, pls.

Posted 6 months ago

carlosleitao says:

That´s a good idea!

While not deployed, use Evernote to do it.

1)Click a note2)Modify sharing3) Copy link and past in your note.

Done!

When you click the link, you can see everything that is there (documents, text, pictures, audio, etc)

Posted 5 months ago

lurkily says:

+1 for attachments. URL's can act as a workaround by using file:///C:/Path.pdf, but that's only accessible on-location, and from work, I can't access cloud solutions like Google or Evernote.

Posted 5 months ago

golusy says:

add Doogle Drive will great and make us the work easier.

Posted 4 months ago

debuck3 says:

I would love to see a more integrated approach for attaching photos (to see the photos themselves at a glance would be huge)! That said, I get around this by linking with Evernote and adding links to Google Drive or wherever in the notes.

Posted 16 weeks ago

ccosgrove says:

I use attachments all the time in my Outlook tasks but the tasks don't then sync with RTM. At a minimum, it would be good if MilkSync would sync the task w/o the attachment, at least so that we can keep track of it. But YES, please add this functionality

Posted 13 weeks ago

potts7 says:

I so wish this would happen. This one factor keeps m looking at competitors and thinking about making a switch. I stay put for now, hoping it will happen at some point.

Posted 11 weeks ago

wpost says:

After reviewing not just the proposal but the many comments, my impression is that the broader issue is "is RTM a task and list manager, or is it project management software?" I come down firmly on the former, and RTM's simplicity makes it ideal for that.

If I have a task like "Finish report X", then the task's note reminds me where the supporting materials are. That could be a URL to something in Google Docs, a folder on my computer's hard drive, a note in Simplenote (or Evernote or OneNote or...), a Confluence article on my employer's server, a photo on my phone, or a physical folder in a physical filing cabinet. There are so many different kinds of task or project support materials that it would be impossible to support them all. It is however easy and possible right now to put a reminder to yourself where they are in the task's note.